Russia & CIS General Newswire
January 24, 2008 Thursday 8:35 PM MSK
Moscow should make every effort to solve murder of Armenian national
– Yerevan
YEREVAN Jan 24
The Armenian Foreign Ministry said it hopes the killers of an
Armenian student in Moscow will be punished.
"The Armenian Foreign Ministry hopes that Russian authorities will
make every effort to solve this crime and punish the culprits,"
Armenian Foreign Ministry press secretary Vladimir Karapetian said.
"Unfortunately, we do not possess all of the information," he said.
According to earlier reports, Vladimir Karamdzhian, 20, a student at
the Moscow Automobile and Road Construction Institute (MADI), was
attacked by a group of teenagers and died in hospital.
Karamdzhian died without regaining consciousness at Moscow Hospital
No. 50, law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Thursday. The
attackers stabbed him in the heart.
A criminal case has been opened under Criminal Code Article 105, part
2 (premeditated murder committed by a group). The prosecutor’s
office’s investigation department is conducting the investigation,
the source said.
Two Armenian nationals have been attacked in Moscow in recent years,
and the incidents had triggered a public outcry.
On May 25, 2006, three youths stabbed Artur Sardarian, 19, to the
head and neck. He died of the sustained wounds. The Moscow Regional
Court is conducting a re-trial of the accused.
On September 26, 2007, Armenian MP Tigran Arzakantsian was assaulted,
stabbed and shot. Two suspects were detained during the
investigation. Charges have been brought against them.